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Adobe Director protected movie
File type: Digital video and movie file
Files with dxr extension are mainly used in Adobe Director multimedia authoring tool for one of the default file types. A dxr file stores movie protected against editing.
Found 3 different file type records with the same dxr filename suffix.
What is dxr file?
File type category:
Digital video and movie file
Date updated: January 2, 2025
File extension dxr is associated with Adobe Director, a multimedia application authoring platform created originally Macromedia and now owned and further developed by Adobe.
The dxr file contains a non-editable movie saved in the program.
It is similar to a .dir file, but it is protected and not editable, which means it is often used for distributing final versions of Director applications.
Some sources claim that Adobe Acrobat coould also render these files.
MIME types:
application/x-director
application/vnd.dxr
How to open dxr file?
Except for the original Macromedia Director that you can still find one some abandonware websites, you can use the ProjectorRays Shockwave Decompiler to decompile the projects.
How to convert dxr file?
There is no way how to convert the encrypted .dxr files. However, after decoding the .dxr files, original files can be converted.
Suggested software to open dxr file:
Associated software actions with the dxr file
Programs for viewing dxr files:
Adobe Acrobat (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Acrobat for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Apps designed for playing dxr files:
Adobe Director (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Shockwave Player (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Director for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that create dxr files:
Adobe Director (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Director for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that import dxr files:
ProjectorRays Shockwave Decompiler (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dxr files:
Adobe Acrobat (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Creative Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Acrobat for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Creative Suite for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Adobe Creative Cloud (Multiplatform)
Green Building Advisor data
File type category:
Various data file
Date updated: May 31, 2019
The dxr file extension is associated with the Green Building Advisor, a construction utility used to modeling green houses and buildings.
The dxr file stores various data used for internal purposes of the Green Building Advisor.
How to open dxr file?
Probably not meant to be accessed by the user.
How to convert dxr file?
Probably cannot be converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open dxr file:
Associated software actions with the dxr file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dxr files:
Green Building (Multiplatform)
Vegas Jackpot Gold game data
File type category:
Game file
Date updated: October 20, 2018
The dxr file extension is associated with the Vegas Jackpot Gold, a 3D interactive casino game for Microsoft Windows operating system.
The dxr file stores game data, such as graphics, sounds, audio, models etc.
How to open dxr file?
You cannot open this file type manually, it is accessed by the game automatically.
How to convert dxr file?
These games files cannot be converted to anything else. However, sometimes modding.
Suggested software to open dxr file:
Associated software actions with the dxr file
Software applications that handle other tasks involving dxr files:
Vegas Jackpot Gold (Microsoft Windows)